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1,000 | Half Life 2 Survivor is an arcade game based on the science fiction first person shooter video game , Half Life 2 . It was released on June 28 , 2006 on Taito 's Type X arcade system , with a 32 widescreen high definition LCD . The game 's player character is controlled with joysticks and floor pedals , and offer... |
1,001 | Glam is a song by American recording artist Christina Aguilera , taken from her sixth studio album Bionic ( 2010 ) . The song was written by Aguilera , Claude Kelly and C. Tricky Stewart , with production was handled by Stewart . The song talks about getting glam and sexy before a night out . According to Aguilera ... |
1,002 | Harry Bassett ( 1868 1878 ) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse , winner of the 1871 Belmont Stakes and an outstanding racehorse of the 19th century . He also won a number of other stakes races , and was named the Champion male of his age group in 1870 , 1871 and 1872 . He was retired to stud duties in New Jersey w... |
1,003 | Tessa Ludwick ( born October 5 , 1988 ) is a Korean American actress from Apollo Beach , Florida . She began acting at age five , when she held a lead role in Allegra 's Window , a Nick Jr. children 's television program show taped at Universal Studios in Orlando , Florida . When filming on Allegra 's Window ended in M... |
1,004 | Imelda is a 2003 documentary film directed by Ramona S. Diaz about the life of Imelda Marcos , former First Lady of the Philippines . Beginning with her childhood , the film documents her marriage to future President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos , her rule under the dictatorship , her exile in Hawaii and her eve... |
1,005 | George Edward Crothers ( May 27 , 1870 May 16 , 1957 ) was one of the first students at Stanford University and was instrumental in putting the university on a solid legal and financial footing following the deaths of its founders , Leland and Jane Stanford . He served as a member of Stanford 's board of trustees and ... |
1,006 | New York State Route 32B ( NY 32B ) was a state highway in the Capital District region of New York , in the United States . The western terminus of the route was at an intersection with NY 32 in Queensbury . Its eastern terminus was at a junction with U.S. Route 4 ( US 4 ) in Hudson Falls . NY 32B , named Warren Street... |
1,007 | SMS Heimdall was the fourth vessel of the six member Siegfried class of coastal defense ships ( Kstenpanzerschiffe ) built for the German Imperial Navy . Her sister ships were Siegfried , Beowulf , Frithjof , Hildebrand , and Hagen . Heimdall was built by the Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven shipyard between 1891 and 1... |
1,008 | Wildfire is a steel roller coaster located at Silver Dollar City in Branson , Missouri . The 14 million ride was built by Swiss firm Bolliger Mabillard and opened in 2001 . Wildfire is themed as a flying machine developed by an 1880s Ozark inventor . Standing 120 feet ( 37 m ) tall and featuring a top speed of 66 mi... |
1,009 | Space Stories was a pulp magazine which published five issues from October 1952 to June 1953 . It was published by Standard Magazines , and edited by Samuel Mines . Mines ' editorial policy for Space Stories was to publish straightforward science fiction adventure stories . Among the better known contributors were Jac... |
1,010 | When Love Was Blind is a 1911 American silent short drama film produced by the Thanhouser Company . The film focuses on young blind woman , May Read , who is saved from her burning home by Frank Larson . In the act of saving her , Frank is disfigured , but the two fall and love , marry and have a child . Two years late... |
1,011 | The 1899 New Richmond Tornado was an estimated F5 tornado that nearly destroyed the town of New Richmond , Wisconsin , on June 12 , 1899 , killing 117 and injuring 125 people . More than 300 , 000 ( USD ) ( 8 , 533 , 000 in today 's dollars ) in damage was reported . History June 12 , 1899 , was the day of th... |
1,012 | Broder unk Knudtzon ( 5 October 1788 20 March 1864 ) was a Norwegian merchant , politician and benefactor . Born into one of Trondheim 's wealthiest mercantile families , he travelled to England where he developed a great admiration of English language and literature . Despite his commercial background he was more dra... |
1,013 | M 95 , designated the Leif Erickson Memorial Highway , is a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan . Running from Kingsford to near Champion in Humboldt Township , it is the main connection between Iron Mountain and Marquette along with US 41 . M 95 was previously designated as M ... |
1,014 | Bernard Waldman ( October 12 , 1913 November 1 , 1986 ) was an American physicist who flew on the Hiroshima atomic bombing mission as a cameraman during World War II . A graduate of New York University , joined the faculty of the University of Notre Dame in 1938 . During World War II , he served in the United States ... |
1,015 | The 76th Boat Race took place on 5 April 1924 . Held annually , the Boat Race is a side by side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames . Oxford were reigning champions having won the previous year 's race and their crew was significantly heavier than their oppon... |
1,016 | Forever is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her fifth studio album , Daydream . It was released by Columbia Records on March 10 , 1996 , as an airplay only single from the album . The song was written and produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff , and was composed throughout 1995 . Its lyric... |
1,017 | Wighard ( or Wigheard died between 664 and 667 ) was a medieval Archbishop elect of Canterbury . What little is known about him comes from 8th century writer Bede , but inconsistencies between various works have led to confusion about the exact circumstances of Wighard 's election and whether he was ever confirmed i... |
1,018 | No Podrs ( English You Can 't ) is a song written and composed by Alejandro Zepeda and Peter unk , originally recorded by Mexican recording artist Cristian Castro . Lyrically , the song describes the end of a relationship between two lovers where the protagonist tells the lover that she will not forget how much he... |
1,019 | The 53rd Boat Race took place on 28 March 1896 . The Boat Race is an annual side by side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames . In a race umpired by former rower Frank Willan , Oxford won by two fifths of a length in a time of 20 minutes 1 second , taking the... |
1,020 | Upsilon Andromedae d ( abbreviated Andromedae d , And d ) , also named Majriti , is an extrasolar planet orbiting the Sun like star Upsilon Andromedae A every 1276 . 46 days . Its discovery in April 1999 by Geoffrey Marcy and R. Paul Butler made this the first multiple planet system to be discovered around a main ... |
1,021 | The M21 Mortar Motor Carriage ( MMC ) was a self propelled artillery mount on a half track chassis used by the United States Army during World War II . It was equipped with an 81 mm M1 mortar and an air cooled M2 Browning machine gun . It was produced by the White Motor Company in 1944 . Only 110 examples were produ... |
1,022 | Gliese 876 b is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf Gliese 876 . It completes one orbit in approximately 61 days . Discovered in June 1998 , Gliese 876 b was the first planet to be discovered orbiting a red dwarf . Discovery Gliese 876 b was discovered independently by two different teams , one led by Geoffrey ... |
1,023 | Britney is a song by American Christian music recording artist Bebo Norman . It was written and produced by Norman for his ninth studio album , the self titled Bebo Norman ( 2008 ) , with additional writing by Jason Ingram . The song was released on July 28 , 2008 through BEC Records as the album 's first single . T... |
1,024 | HMS Cyclops was the lead ship of the Cyclops class breastwork monitors built for the Royal Navy during the 1870s . The ships were ordered to satisfy demands for local defence during the war scare of 1870 , but the pace of construction slowed down tremendously as the perceived threat of war declined . The ship spent mo... |
1,025 | Tropical Storm Arlene was a rare off season tropical cyclone that hit Cuba and the Bahamas in May 1981 . Its formation was unusual , originating from a tropical disturbance that crossed from the eastern Pacific Ocean into the Caribbean Sea few Atlantic hurricanes develop in this manner . On May 6 , a tropical depress... |
1,026 | State Route 502 ( SR 502 , officially known as the Battle Ground Highway ) is a 6 . 12 mile long ( 9 . 85 km ) state highway in the U.S. state of Washington , serving the city of Battle Ground in Clark County . The highway travels due east from an interchange with Interstate 5 ( I 5 ) north of Mount Vista through Do... |
1,027 | Miniopterus tao is a fossil bat in the genus Miniopterus from the Pleistocene of Zhoukoudian in China . It is known from a number of mandibles ( lower jaws ) , which were initially identified as the living species Miniopterus schreibersii in 1963 before being recognized as a separate species , M. tao , in 1986 . Miniop... |
1,028 | Liberty Arming the Patriot , sometimes called Freedom Arming the Patriot , is a bronze sculpture at Park Place in Pawtucket , Rhode Island , commemorating the participation of the city 's citizens in the American Civil War . It was designed by William Granville Hastings and cast by the Gorham Manufacturing Company in 1... |
1,029 | The Galloway is one of the world 's longest established breeds of beef cattle , named after the Galloway region of Scotland , where it originated , during the 17th century . It is now found in many parts of the world , such as Canada , the USA and Australia . It is now found in many parts of the world , being exported... |
1,030 | Bertie 's Brainstorm is a 1911 American silent short drama film produced by the Thanhouser Company . The film focuses on Bertie Fawcett , a dim witted fop , who erroneously believes to have won the heart of May Vernon . In reality , May loves Jack and the two are set to be married , but May 's father wishes he would p... |
1,031 | Stephanolepis cirrhifer , commonly known as the thread sail filefish , is a species of marine fish in the family unk . It is found in the western Pacific , in an area that ranges from northern Japan to the East China Sea , to Korea . Other common names for the fish include unk ( Japanese ) and unk chi ( Korean ) ... |
1,032 | St Andrew 's Castle was an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Hamble le Rice , Hampshire , between 1542 and 1543 . It formed part of the King 's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire , and defended Southampton Water near the Solent . St Andrew 's comprised a kee... |
1,033 | The Rudra Mahalaya Temple is a ruined temple complex at Siddhpur in the Patan district of Gujarat , India . Its construction was started in 943 AD by unk and completed in 1140 AD by Siddharaj unk , the rulers of the Solanki dynasty . The temple was destroyed by Allauddin Khilji , and later Ahmed Shah I ( 1410 44 ) des... |
1,034 | The Tupolev Tu 70 ( NATO reporting name Cart ) was a Soviet passenger variant of the Tu 4 bomber ( which was a reverse engineered copy of the American made Boeing B 29 Superfortress ) designed immediately after the end of World War II . It used a number of components from Boeing B 29s that had made emergency lan... |
1,035 | The 21st Boat Race , an annual side by side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames , took place on 14 March 1864 . Umpired by Joseph William Chitty , Oxford won by nine lengths in a time of 21 minutes 4 seconds , the fastest winning time since the event was held... |
1,036 | New York State Route 192 ( NY 192 ) was a 7 . 35 mile ( 11 . 83 km ) long east west state highway in Franklin County , New York , in the United States . The western terminus of the route was at an intersection with NY 30 in the hamlet of Paul Smiths within the town of Brighton . Its eastern terminus was at a junction... |
1,037 | Taksony ( Hungarian pronunciation unk before or around 931 early 970s ) was the Grand Prince of the Hungarians after their catastrophic defeat in the 955 Battle of Lechfeld . In his youth he had participated in plundering raids in Western Europe , but during his reign the Hungarians only targeted the Byzantine Emp... |
1,038 | North Carolina Highway 102 ( NC 102 ) is a 22 . 3 mile long ( 35 . 9 km ) state highway running from NC 903 near Ayden to U.S. Highway 17 ( US 17 ) between unk and unk . Most of the route is rural the only community it serves is unk . NC 102 appeared on the first state highway map in 1924 , running from Snow Hill t... |
1,039 | SMS Odin was the lead ship of her class of coastal defense ships ( Kstenpanzerschiffe ) built for the Imperial German Navy . She had one sister ship , gir . Odin , named for the eponymous Norse god , was built by the Kaiserliche Werft Danzig shipyard between 1893 and 1896 , and was armed with a main battery of three 24... |
1,040 | The Seal of Dartmouth College is the official insignia of Dartmouth College , an Ivy League university located in Hanover , New Hampshire , United States . Anglo American law generally requires a corporate body to seek official government sanction , usually in the form of a charter , in order to operate . Such charter... |
1,041 | The Seal of Dartmouth College is the official insignia of Dartmouth College , an Ivy League university located in Hanover , New Hampshire , United States . Anglo American law generally requires a corporate body to seek official government sanction , usually in the form of a charter , in order to operate . Such charter... |
1,042 | State Route 516 ( SR 516 ) is a 16 . 49 mile long ( 26 . 54 km ) state highway in the U.S. state of Washington , serving communities in southern King County . The highway travels east as the Kent Des Moines Road and the Kent Kangley Road from a concurrency with SR 509 in Des Moines through Kent and Covington to an ... |
1,043 | The 146th Boat Race took place on 25 March 2000 . Oxford won the race by three lengths , breaking a seven year spell of Cambridge dominance . The result was a shock triumph . The race also featured the joint tallest ever competitor , and the youngest ever winner in the modern race . In the reserve race , Isis bea... |
1,044 | The Juniper MX Series is a family of ethernet routers and switches designed and manufactured by Juniper Networks . In 2006 , Juniper released the first of the MX series , the unk , MX240 , and unk . The second generation routers , called MX 3D , were first released in 2009 and featured a new Trio chipset and IPv6 s... |
1,045 | Maddison Gae Elliott OAM ( born 3 November 1998 in Newcastle , New South Wales ) is an Australian swimmer . At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London , she became the youngest Australian Paralympic medallist by winning bronze medals in the women 's 400 m and 100 m freestyle S8 events . She then became the youngest Austr... |
1,046 | Bonfire ( March 21 , 1983 October 28 , 2013 ) , full name Gestion Bonfire , was an Oldenburg gelding that competed in dressage with Dutch rider Anky van Grunsven . Between 1991 and 2000 , the pair competed in multiple national and international championships , including three Olympic Games and two World Equestrian Gam... |
1,047 | HMS Duchess was a D class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s . The ship was initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet before she was transferred to the China Station in early 1935 . She was temporarily deployed in the Red Sea during late 1935 during the Abyssinia Crisis , before returning to her... |
1,048 | The 132nd Boat Race took place on 29 March 1986 . Held annually , the Boat Race is a side by side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames . Cambridge won by seven lengths and took their first victory in eleven years , in one of the fastest winning times in the hi... |
1,049 | Calatafimi was a torpedo cruiser of the Partenope class built for the Italian Regia Marina ( Royal Navy ) in the 1880s . She was built by the Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando shipyard her keel was laid in July 1891 , she was launched in May 1894 , and was commissioned in December 1895 . Her main armament were her five... |
1,050 | The 5th Boat Race took place on the River Thames on 14 April 1841 . It was the fourth of the University Boat Races , a side by side rowing competition between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge , to be contested in London . The race was held between Westminster Bridge and Putney Bridge and was w... |
1,051 | The 80th Boat Race took place on 28 March 1928 . Held annually , the Boat Race is a side by side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames . In a race umpired by former Oxford rower Charles Burnell , Cambridge won by ten lengths , the largest margin of victory sinc... |
1,052 | Mount Bailey is a relatively young tephra cone and shield volcano in the Cascade Range , located on the opposite side of Diamond Lake from Mount Thielsen in southern Oregon , United States . Bailey consists of a 2 , 000 foot ( 610 m ) high main cone on top of an old basaltic andesite shield volcano . With a volume of ... |
1,053 | Flying the Flag ( For You ) is a song performed by British pop bubblegum dance group Scooch . The song was entered and won the British national selection competition for the Eurovision Song Contest , Eurovision Making Your Mind Up in 2007 , and subsequently represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Con... |
1,054 | The 68th Boat Race took place on 1 April 1911 . Held annually , the Boat Race is a side by side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames . Oxford went into the race as reigning champions , having won the previous year 's race . Umpired by former Cambridge rower Fr... |
1,055 | Surrounded is the third box set by Icelandic musician Bjrk . It was released on 27 June 2006 through One Little Indian . It is a collection of seven of her studio albums , issued in the DualDisc format one side contains the original unk , while the other one includes their remastered versions in surround sound , in ta... |
1,056 | The Yuan Tseh Lee Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy , also known as the Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy ( AMiBA ) , is a radio telescope designed to observe the cosmic microwave background and the Sunyaev Zel 'dovich effect in clusters of galaxies . It is located on Mauna Loa in Hawaii , at 3 , 396 ... |
1,057 | Carrot soup ( referred to in French as Potage de Crcy , Potage Crcy , Potage la Crcy , Pure la Crcy and Crme la Crcy ) is a soup prepared with carrot as a primary ingredient . It may be prepared as a cream or broth style soup . Additional vegetables , root vegetables and various other ingredients may be used in its... |
1,058 | Could 've Been You is a rock song first performed by American rock singer Bob Halligan and later popularized by American singer actress Cher . The song was written by Halligan and Arnie Roman for Halligan 's 1991 album , Window In The Wall . Cher 's cover version was produced by Peter Asher and released exclusively ... |
1,059 | State Highway 151 , or SH 151 , also known as the Raymond E. unk Jr . Freeway is a 10 . 7 mile ( 17 . 2 km ) state highway in the U.S. state of Texas that runs from Loop 1604 to U.S. Highway 90 ( US 90 ) in San Antonio . SH 151 is a limited access freeway for its entire length with the exception of its junction with ... |
1,060 | Falsas Esperanzas ( English False Hopes ) is a song performed by American recording artist Christina Aguilera for her second studio album , Mi Reflejo ( 2000 ) . It was written by Jorge Luis Piloto and released as a single through RCA Records on July 2 , 2001 . The uptempo Latin record was produced by Rudy Prez an... |
1,061 | Gervase de Cornhill ( sometimes Gervase of Cornhill c . 1110 c . 1183 ) was an Anglo Norman royal official and sheriff . Beginning his royal service as a justice in London in 1147 , he continued to serve both King Stephen of England and Henry II until his death around 1183 . He played a minor role in the Becket cont... |
1,062 | Another One Rides the Bus is the debut extended play ( EP ) by American parodist Weird Al Yankovic . It was released in February 1981 by Placebo Records . The title song is a parody of English rock band Queen 's 1980 single Another One Bites the Dust . The EP also features three other songs , all of which are origi... |
1,063 | The ajkaa ( Serbian Cyrillic unk , pronounced unk ) is the Serbian national hat or cap . Traditionally worn by men in the Serbian countryside , it is named after Serb river troops known as unk , who protected the Austrian Empire against the Ottoman Turks in the 18th century . A popular nationalist symbol in Serbia s... |
1,064 | The I 351 class submarine ( unk , I san unk go j ichi gata unk ) was a class of tanker transport submarines built for the Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) during World War II . The IJN called this type of submarine unk type submarine ( unk , Sen Ho gata unk ) . The type name , was shortened to unk unk ( unk , ... |
1,065 | The Welara is a part Arabian pony breed developed from the Arabian horse and the Welsh pony . It was originally bred in England by Lady Wentworth at the Crabbet Arabian Stud in the early 1900s from imported Arabian stallions and Welsh pony mares . Breeding then spread throughout North America . In 1981 , a breed regis... |
1,066 | Route 19 is a state highway in Passaic County , New Jersey , United States . Also referred to as the Paterson Peripheral , it runs 3 . 04 mi ( 4 . 89 km ) from an intersection with County Route 509 ( Broad Street ) and County Route 609 ( Colfax Avenue ) in Clifton north to another intersection with County Route 509 ( M... |
1,067 | We Remain is a song by American singer Christina Aguilera , taken from The Hunger Games Catching Fire Original Motion Picture Soundtrack , the soundtrack to the 2013 American science fiction adventure film The Hunger Games Catching Fire . It was released as the third single from the soundtrack on October 1 , 2013... |
1,068 | New York State Route 275 ( NY 275 ) is a north south state highway in Allegany County , New York , in the United States . It runs for 11 . 47 miles ( 18 . 46 km ) , connecting the village of Bolivar and NY 417 at its southern end with the hamlet of Friendship to the north , where it intersects the Southern Tier Expres... |
1,069 | Robert of Cricklade ( died after 1188 ) was a medieval English writer and prior of St Frideswide 's Priory in Oxford . He was a native of Cricklade and taught before becoming a cleric . He wrote a number of theological works as well as a lost biography of Thomas Becket , the murdered Archbishop of Canterbury . Life... |
1,070 | The 55th Boat Race took place on 24 March 1898 . Held annually , the Boat Race is a side by side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames . Oxford , the reigning champions and leading overall , went into the race with a marginally heavier crew than Cambridge . The... |
1,071 | The Bold Orion missile , also known as Weapons System 199B ( WS 199B ) , was a prototype air launched ballistic missile ( ALBM ) developed by Martin Aircraft during the 1950s . Developed in both one and two stage designs , the missile was moderately successful in testing , and helped pave the way for development of ... |
1,072 | The Bold Orion missile , also known as Weapons System 199B ( WS 199B ) , was a prototype air launched ballistic missile ( ALBM ) developed by Martin Aircraft during the 1950s . Developed in both one and two stage designs , the missile was moderately successful in testing , and helped pave the way for development of ... |
1,073 | Gliese 876 d is an exoplanet approximately 15 light years away in the constellation of Aquarius . The planet was the third planet discovered orbiting the red dwarf Gliese 876 . At the time of its discovery , the planet had the lowest mass of any known extrasolar planet apart from the pulsar planets orbiting PSR B1257 ... |
1,074 | Hurricane Henriette was the ninth tropical cyclone , eight named storm and fifth hurricane of the 1995 Pacific hurricane season . Henriette developed from a tropical wave that emerged from the west coast of Africa on August 15 . After crossing the Atlantic and moving into the eastern Pacific on August 29 , it developed... |
1,075 | The Buckeye is a breed of chicken originating in the U.S. state of Ohio . Created in the late 19th century , Buckeyes are the only American Poultry Association ( APA ) standard breed of chicken known to have been created by a woman , and the only one in the American Class to have a pea comb . As of 2014 , Buckeyes are ... |
1,076 | State Route 313 ( SR 313 ) is a Utah state highway in San Juan and Grand Counties . The highway has been designated the Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway . The highway is an access road for both the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands National Park and Dead Horse Point State Park . The highway is a toll road in... |
1,077 | Frank Sinatra Has a Cold is a profile of Frank Sinatra written by Gay Talese for the April 1966 issue of Esquire . The article is one of the most famous pieces of magazine journalism ever written and is often considered not only the greatest profile of Frank Sinatra but one of the greatest celebrity profiles ever wri... |
1,078 | The Battle of Posada ( November 9 , 1330 November 12 , 1330 ) was fought between Basarab I of Wallachia and Charles I Robert of Hungary . The small Wallachian army led by Basarab , formed of cavalry and foot archers , as well as local peasants , managed to ambush and defeat the 30 , 000 strong Hungarian army , in a ... |
1,079 | Golf Ball ( sometimes unk ) is a 1962 painting by Roy Lichtenstein . It is considered to fall within the art movement known as Pop art . It depicts a single sphere with patterned , variously directional semi circular grooves . The work is commonly associated with black and white Piet Mondrian works . It is one of ... |
1,080 | Patrol vessel A4 ( French unk A4 ) was a small Mersey class naval trawler operated by Belgium during the Second World War . Originally built for the British Royal Navy , as HMS John Ebbs , the ship is notable for its role in evacuating Belgian gold reserves to England during the Battle of Belgium in May 1940 . The su... |
1,081 | Davin Tong , better known by his alias Peter Chao ( born 1987 ) , is a Canadian comedic unk and YouTube personality , known for his unconventional portrayals of Asian stereotypes , best friends with Aaron Wu which alongside other politically incorrect videos have drawn mixed criticism from several sources . Born and ra... |
1,082 | Miss Meyers ( 1949 March 1963 ) was an American Quarter Horse racehorse and broodmare , the 1953 World Champion Quarter Running Horse . She won 28 , 725 ( equivalent to about 254 , 000 as of 2016 ) as well as 17 races . As a broodmare , she produced , or was the mother of , the first American Quarter Horse Associati... |
1,083 | New York State Route 45 ( NY 45 ) is a north south state highway in central Rockland County , New York , in the United States . It spans 8 . 60 miles ( 13 . 84 km ) from the village of Chestnut Ridge at the New Jersey New York border , where it becomes County Route 73 ( CR 73 ) in Bergen County , New Jersey , to U.S.... |
1,084 | SMS Hagen was the final vessel of the six member Siegfried class of coastal defense ships ( Kstenpanzerschiffe ) built for the German Imperial Navy . Her sister ships were Siegfried , Beowulf , Frithjof , Heimdall , and Hildebrand . Hagen was built by the Kaiserliche Werft Kiel shipyard between 1891 and 1893 , and was... |
1,085 | Maryland Route 300 ( MD 300 ) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland . Known for most of its length as Sudlersville Road , the highway runs 13 . 55 miles ( 21 . 81 km ) from MD 213 in Church Hill east through Sudlersville to the Delaware state line , where the highway continues as Delaware Route 300 ( DE 300 ... |
1,086 | Folgore was a torpedo cruiser built for the Italian Regia Marina ( Royal Navy ) , the lead ship of the Folgore class . Armed with three 14 in ( 356 mm ) torpedo tubes and six light guns , she was capable of a top speed of 17 knots ( 31 km h 20 mph ) . She was built in the mid 1880s , was launched in September 1886 ,... |
1,087 | Mystic Seaport Light is a lighthouse at the south end of Mystic Seaport , 2 miles ( 3 . 2 km ) upriver from Noank , Connecticut . The light is a two story white shingled structured topped with a glass enclosed lantern and is a replica of the 1901 Brant Point Light . The Mystic Seaport Light was designed by William F.... |
1,088 | The British Alpine Hannibal Expedition was an experimental archeology event that took place in 1959 . British engineer John Hoyte led an expedition that tried to reenact aspects of Hannibal 's legendary crossing of the Alps during the Second Punic War in 218 BCE . The group successfully took the female Asian elephant J... |
1,089 | A French fry vending machine is a vending machine that dispenses hot French fries , also known as chips . The first known french fry vending machine was developed circa 1982 by the defunct Precision Fry Foods Pty Ltd. in Australia . A few companies have developed and manufactured French fry vending machines and prototy... |
1,090 | Ways and Means is the 47th The West Wing episode and 3rd of the third season . It originally aired on NBC October 24 , 2001 . The episode sees the beginnings of President Bartlet 's Congressional hearings , as well as negotiations over the estate tax . Written by Aaron Sorkin , Eli Attie and Gene Sperling , and direc... |
1,091 | King 's Highway 405 , also known as Highway 405 and the General Brock Parkway , is a 400 Series Highway in the Canadian province of Ontario connecting the Queen Elizabeth Way ( QEW ) near St. Catharines with the Lewiston Queenston Bridge in the village of Queenston . It then crosses the Niagara River , where it encou... |
1,092 | The 78th Boat Race took place on 27 March 1926 . Held annually , the Boat Race is a side by side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames . Umpired by former rower Frederick I. Pitman , Cambridge won by five lengths in a time of 19 minutes 29 seconds in the larges... |
1,093 | German submarine U 40 was a Type IXA U boat of Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II . U 40 was built in Bremen by DeSchiMAG AG Weser as yard number 945 . She was launched in November 1938 and commissioned in February 1939 . U 40 conducted two war patrols during her career . Both of which... |
1,094 | HMS Imogen was a I class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the mid 1930s . During the Spanish Civil War of 1936 1939 , the ship enforced the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides as part of the Mediterranean Fleet . After the start of the Second World War the ship was transferred to Home Flee... |
1,095 | The Brazilian monitor Cear was the fifth ship of the Par class river monitors built for the Brazilian Navy during the Paraguayan War in the late 1860s . Cear arrived in Paraguay in mid 1868 and provided fire support for the army for the rest of the war . The ship was assigned to the Mato Grosso Flotilla after the war... |
1,096 | M 48 is an east west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula ( UP ) of the US state of Michigan . It connects Rudyard with Pickford and continues to the far eastern end of the UP . The highway runs for 43 . 723 miles ( 70 . 365 km ) through rural parts of Chippewa County , including along the county line with ... |
1,097 | The Ilyushin Il 30 was a Soviet turbojet powered tactical bomber designed as a higher performance , swept wing version of the Ilyushin Il 28 in the late 1940s . Its thin wing and engine nacelles necessitated the use of tandem landing gear , the first Soviet aircraft to do so . It was apparently canceled before the ... |
1,098 | Maryland Route 363 ( MD 363 ) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland . Known for almost all of its length as Deal Island Road , the state highway runs 18 . 30 miles ( 29 . 45 km ) from a dead end on Deal Island east to Mansion Avenue in Princess Anne . MD 363 connects Princess Anne and U.S. Route 13 ( US 13 )... |
1,099 | Uninett Norid AS , trading as Norid , is the domain name registry for the three Norwegian country code top level domains ( ccTLD ) .no , .sj and .bv. The non profit company is based in Trondheim , where it shares offices with its parent company Uninett both companies being owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Educatio... |
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